High-volume Plasmapheresis in Children With Acute Liver Failure: Another Brick in the Wall in the Current Management?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

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Serge Grazioli et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;72(6):786-787.

doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003134.

¹ Division of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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